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COMPOUND EYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does compound eye mean? 

COMPOUND EYE (noun)
  The noun COMPOUND EYE has 1 sense:

1. in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an imageplay

  Familiarity information: COMPOUND EYE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMPOUND EYE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("compound eye" is a kind of...):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)

Meronyms (parts of "compound eye"):

ommatidium (any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods)


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